"Your Majesty, didn't the Queen say that the Huns will come to our country in a few days, and she doesn't want to distract you with the Qianqiu Banquet at this time." Sun Kui didn't think Queen Xie dared to use tricks at this time. , "I feel that the Queen is not playing tricks, but wants to show off in front of you..."
Having said this, Sun Kui paused for a moment, and then said with bright eyes: "The Queen wants to gain favor in front of you." The word "to gain favor" was learned from Zhao Yao. "Besides, the queen doesn't dare to play tricks in front of you."
"That's right." The emperor didn't think Queen Xie dared to play tricks in front of him at this time. Pretending to be virtuous in front of him was in line with Queen Xie's temperament.
Sun Kui looked at the soup on the royal table, hesitated for a moment and reminded the emperor: "Your Majesty, the soup sent by the Queen is almost cold."
The emperor didn't even look at the bowl of soup specially brought by the empress. He raised his eyes and looked at Sun Kui and said, "I'll give it to you."
Sun Kui had already guessed that this would be the result, and hurriedly thanked the emperor: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor waved his hand and signaled Sun Kui to take the soup down.
Sun Kui took the soup out and waved to Sun Doudou.
The master and apprentice turned around and went to the back hall of Chengguang Hall, sitting on the stone steps and drinking the soup sent by the Queen.
"Master, it's not me who said that every time the queen gives the emperor soup, she doesn't make it with her own hands. What does she give it to?" Sun Kui is the only one here, and Sun Doudou naturally dares to say anything. He complained unceremoniously, "The Queen has no sincerity at all. How can she please the Emperor like this?"
Sun Kui finished the soup in the spoon and said, "The Queen is the concubine of the Duke of Zhenguo. She has been well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, and she has never touched Yangchun water with her fingers. How can she make soup?"
"But Concubine De and the others will make some food. Every snack they give to the emperor is made by themselves." Sun Doudou said while drinking the soup, "Which empress in this palace gives the emperor food that is not made by herself? , only the Queen is not."
"The Queen didn't say that she made it with her own hands. Your Majesty doesn't care about it." Sun Kui finished drinking the soup, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his mouth, "What do you care about?"
"I'm just wondering." Sun Doudou picked up the soup, raised his head and drank the rest of the soup in a big gulp, and then took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his mouth.
He almost wiped his mouth with his sleeve just now, but thinking that it would leave oil stains, he quickly took out a handkerchief from his sleeve.
"Master, do you think the Queen likes the Emperor?"
"There is no queen in this palace who doesn't like the emperor, and the queen is no exception."
"Then how could the Queen..." Sun Doudou was stuck at this point and didn't know what to say for a while. He thought for a while and said, "I always feel that the Queen is putting on her airs. She obviously likes the Emperor, but she is not willing to condescend to do so for the Emperor."
Sun Kui thought for a while and felt that his apprentice was right.
"That seems to be the case."
"Master, I always feel that the Queen takes her status as the eldest daughter of the Duke's Palace too seriously." Sun Doudou looked around to make sure there was no one else, but still lowered his voice carefully and said, "There is also , I always feel that the Queen is putting on airs in front of the Emperor, and the Queen feels that her status is more noble than that of the Emperor."
"More noble than the emperor?" When Sun Kui heard this, a look of shock appeared on his face, "What are you talking nonsense about?"
"Master, I'm not talking nonsense. I think the Queen thinks so. After all, the Xie family has been a powerful family for hundreds of years, and the emperor..." Sun Doudou did not dare to say any more.
Sun Kui glared at Sun Doudou fiercely, and reached out to poke his forehead.
"You brat, you don't want to live anymore, do you?"
Sun Doudou quickly begged for mercy: "Master, that's not what I meant, but I think that's what the Queen meant. Don't you think so?"
Sun Kui stopped what he was doing, then frowned and thought carefully.
"Don't tell me, it's really a bit..."
"That's right." Sun Doudou said with a proud look on his face, "The Queen is very proud, even more proud than the Emperor. Haven't you noticed?"
"I see that the Queen is quite virtuous in front of the Emperor, but you said that the Queen is not willing to condescend to make soup for the Emperor. This is true."
"This is why the Queen is not liked by the Emperor." Sun Doudou patted his thigh and said, "Our Emperor is such a smart person. How could the Queen's little thoughts escape the Emperor's eyes?"
"Is this why the Emperor doesn't like the Queen?" Sun Kui felt that this was just one of the reasons. The reason why the Emperor really dislikes the Queen is that the Queen is not satisfied.
"It must be so." Sun Doudou spoke more and more enthusiastically, but his voice was not loud, "The Queen is very proud at heart, how can she be as gentle and virtuous as the First Queen."
Sun Kui nodded in agreement and said, "The Queen is indeed not as good as the First Queen."
"The Empress is not as good as the previous Queen in every aspect, and she still imitates the First Queen in every aspect." Sun Doudou joked, "This is just imitating others, isn't it?"
Sun Kui gently hit Sun Doudou on the head with a whisk, and laughed and cursed: "You brat, you are getting more and more courageous, and you dare to laugh at the Queen."
"Master, didn't I tell you this? I didn't tell anyone else." Sun Doudou smiled flatteringly at Sun Kui, "Master, do you think what I said is reasonable?"
"That makes some sense." Sun Kui didn't notice this.
Sun Doudou shook his head, curled his lips and said, "It is impossible for someone like the Queen to gain the Emperor's favor forever."
"This is nothing you and I can worry about." Sun Kui stood up, shook off the whisk in his hand, and said to Sun Doudou with a serious face, "You can't say what you just said to a third person. Otherwise your little brain will be gone.”
"Master, I'm not a fool to say this to others." Sun Doudou said, stood up and patted his butt.
"You are observing carefully."
"Master, didn't you ask me to watch more on weekdays?" Sun Doudou came to Sun Kui's side and lowered his voice and said, "Master, I found that among so many empresses, only Empress Liang treated the emperor like an ordinary woman treats her husband. "
Sun Kui glanced sideways at Sun Doudou: "You guys still know how ordinary women treat their husbands?"
"Master, what you said is that if I can't get married, why can't I see it?" Sun Doudou said again, "Actually, Concubine Rong really likes the emperor."
"Concubine Rong has grown up with the Emperor. She naturally likes the Emperor the most." Sun Kui looked at Sun Doudou and asked, "Where are the other empresses?"
"Concubine De, Concubine Liang, Concubine Shu all like the emperor, but they don't like Concubine Rong as much as Concubine Rong." Sun Doudou said, "Concubine Li doesn't seem to like the emperor very much."
"Where is Concubine Ying?"
"Master, I can't see through Concubine Ying." Speaking of Concubine Ying, Sun Doudou frowned, with a look of fear on her face, "Concubine Ying is unfathomable."
"There are only two empresses in this palace who really like the emperor. One is Concubine Rong and the other is Concubine Liang." Sun Kui said, "They like the emperor as a person, not as an emperor. The other empresses like the emperor. , because the emperor is the emperor."
Sun Doudou asked: "Master, where is Concubine Ying?"
Sun Kui said with a profound look: "Concubine Ying is very smart and very self-aware."
Sun Doudou understood what Sun Kui meant, nodded obediently, then patted his master on the ass and said, "Master, you are still wise and wise."
"You still have to learn." Sun Kui raised his foot and kicked Sun Doudou on the butt, "Go back and guard."
Sun Doudou, who had been kicked in the butt, smiled brightly: "Yes, Master." After saying that, he followed Sun Kui in a hurry.
Sun Kui quietly returned to the imperial study, while Sun Doudou stood obediently at the door of the imperial study.
After a while, Sun Kui brought a cup of tea and handed it to the emperor with both hands.
"Your Majesty, please have a cup of tea and rest."
Upon hearing this, the emperor put down the cinnabar pen in his hand and took the tea cup from Sun Kui.
"How does the soup the queen sent you taste?"
"Of course it tastes delicious." Sun Kui said with a smile on his face, "I would like to thank you for the reward, otherwise I would not be able to drink such a good soup."
When the emperor heard what Sun Kui said, he took the tea lid and threw it twice in his face.
"Flattery."
The water on the tea lid splashed onto Sun Kui's face, but it wasn't hot.
"Your Majesty, you are wrong. The slave is not flattering you, but a dragon."
The emperor snorted and said, "You old boy is getting more and more glib."
"Your Majesty, what this servant said is true." Sun Kui's expression looked extremely sincere.
"Okay, I still don't know if you are sincere," the emperor finished drinking the tea and did not put down the tea cup in his hand, but played with the tea lid.
Sun Kui saw that the emperor suddenly stopped talking, with a thoughtful look on his face, and asked carefully: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm thinking about what to do with Lao Qi."
"What's wrong with His Highness Prince Jing?"
"It's not good for Lao Qi to remain a jobless vagabond." The emperor took the tea lid and tapped it gently on the mouth of the tea cup, making a crisp sound.
"Your Majesty, isn't His Highness Prince Jing in poor health?"
The emperor sneered: "Do you believe this kind of nonsense?"
Sun Kui: "..." Your Majesty, please give His Highness King Jing some face.
"Who can the Queen and Lao Qi deceive with the little Jiujiu in their hearts?" Not to mention him, not even the ministers could be deceived. "The queen has been married to me for more than ten years. Although she has no merit, she still has hard work. I must reward her well."
Sun Kuicai didn't believe what the emperor said. He intuitively felt that the emperor was up to something.
"I will become the queen."
After hearing this, Sun Kui's eyes widened for a moment, and he asked in astonishment: "Your Majesty, how are you going to satisfy the Queen?" After saying that, Sun Kui silently pitied the Queen and thanked her in his heart.
"Assign an important official position to Lao Qi." The emperor picked up the tea lid and turned it on his fingertips. "I'll think about what kind of official position it would be better to assign Lao Qi."
Sun Kui stood aside and said nothing.
After thinking for a while, the emperor said: "Let Lao Qi be the minister."
Sun Kui: "!!!!!!" Your Majesty, you are really generous.
"Grandson." The emperor liked to call Sun Kui "Grandson", and of course he did so on purpose. "Go and tell Lao Qi and let him do the ministerial order tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"By the way, tell him to do a good job and not to disappoint me." The emperor specifically explained, "Also tell him that I have high hopes for him."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After receiving the order, Sun Kui withdrew and called Sun Doudou over.
After hearing Sun Kui's words, Sun Doudou opened his mouth in surprise: "Master, this..."
Sun Kui glared at Sun Doudou warningly: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."
Sun Doudou understood immediately and said very obediently: "I will go to Prince Jing's Mansion now."
Sun Kui sighed in his heart: Your Majesty, this move of yours is really cruel.
Soon, Empress Xie learned that King Jing had been appointed by the emperor to serve as Shangshu Ling, and she was naturally very surprised.
Jiang Chuan was also happy for Queen Xie and King Jing: "Your Majesty, this is the Order of the Secretariat."
Although Shangshu Ling is only a fourth-rank official and cannot be compared with Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong, Shangshu Ling is very important. The position is light but the power is great, which is what the minister ordered.
Empress Xie never dreamed that the emperor would arrange for King Jing to be the minister: "I must have just gone to tell the emperor not to hold the Qianqiu Banquet. The emperor knows that I am a virtuous man, so I asked my son to be the minister."
"That's definitely the case. Your Majesty, please go to the Emperor first, and then the Emperor will ask His Highness to be the Minister." Jiang Chuan said with a smile, "My Lady, if Your Highness becomes the Minister, we will be able to get the support of many high-power ministers in the future. .”
"That's right." Queen Xie's face turned red because she was so excited, "It's really great."
"My Majesty, your Majesty's appointment of Your Highness as the Minister of Secretariat shows that Your Majesty still values our Highness very much." Jiang Chuan suddenly thought of something, with a look of shock on his face, "My Majesty, your Majesty, you said that Your Highness values our Highness so much, is it true that His Majesty... "She didn't dare to continue talking, but she pointed in the direction of the East Palace.
Queen Xie understood what Jiang Chuan meant, and immediately her heart beat violently.
"That must be the case. The emperor wants to train Xiao Qi."
"Your Majesty, this is definitely the case." Jiang Chuan said with a serious face, "In the past two years, the Emperor seems to have become more and more dissatisfied with His Highness the Crown Prince. Some time ago, the Emperor was still in the morning, in front of all the ministers, and said harshly Reprimand the prince."
"Mother, I think the emperor is giving our Highness a chance. If our Highness does well, the Emperor might really let our Highness be the crown prince." The more Jiang Chuan thought about it, the more he felt like this.
"You are right, the emperor is training Xiao Qi, and he is also testing Xiao Qi." Queen Xie suddenly clenched her hands into fists, "If Xiao Qi does well, the emperor will be very happy, and the emperor will become more and more popular in the future." If Xiao Qi is reused, the emperor will definitely depose the crown prince and replace him with Xiao Qi."
"Your Majesty, as long as our Highness performs better than the Crown Prince, it is very likely that our Highness will replace the Crown Prince."
"You leave the palace immediately to find Xiao Qi..." At this point, Queen Xie suddenly waved her hand, "Xiao Qi should come into the palace later to express his gratitude. You go and wait for him at the door of the Royal Study."
"Yes, concubine."
King Jing's reaction was the same as that of Queen Xie. He also felt that the emperor was testing him to see if he had the ability to do a good job in ministerial order. If he does a very good job as a minister, the emperor will reuse and train him, and he will definitely become a prince by then.
In the past, he had wrongly blamed his father. He felt that his father didn't like him and didn't value him.
Now it seems that the father likes him and values him very much.
He must perform well and never let his father down.
King Jing went into the palace to see the emperor to express his gratitude.
The emperor encouraged King Jing, which made King Jing feel even more excited.
King Jing very solemnly expressed to the emperor that he would do his best to serve as minister and never let the emperor down.
The emperor said that he believed that he would not let him down!
King Jing walked out of the imperial study room and felt that his whole body was full of energy. Seeing Jiang Chuan waiting for him, he immediately followed him to Zhaoyang Palace.
At this time, the Duke of Zhen Guo learned that King Jing was appointed as the minister. Not only was he unhappy, but he also had a heavy look on his face.
The eldest son of Zhenguo Palace also had a solemn look on his face: "Dad, is the emperor trying to provoke us, the Xie family?"
Duke Zhenguo sighed deeply and said: "I had expected that the emperor would do this."
"Dad, my aunt has always wanted us to support His Highness Prince Jing. Now that His Highness King Jing has been arranged by the emperor to serve as a minister, aunt..." the eldest son of Zhenguo Palace said with a worried look, "Aunt will definitely force us to do it again. We support His Highness King Jing.”
"Your Majesty knows that your aunt wants His Royal Highness Prince Jing to be the crown prince, so that's why he did this." Regarding his biological sister, Duke Zhen Guo felt helpless.
"Dad, if we don't support His Highness Prince Jing, my aunt will hate us to death." The prince of Zhenguo Palace said with a headache, "With my aunt's temperament, I don't know what kind of things she will do."
"I will talk to her carefully." Duke Zhen Guo knew that unless he supported His Royal Highness King Jing, Queen Xie would not listen to him no matter what he said. However, he still hoped that Queen Xie would listen to what he said and not hold back the Zhenguo Palace and the entire Xie family.
"I hope my aunt can listen to you." The prince of Zhenguo Palace suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "The emperor's move is really cruel."
"If it were me, I would do the same thing." Zhen Guogong didn't think there was anything wrong with the emperor's doing this. "If you want to blame it, it's your aunt and they who are not of the same mind as us."
"Dad, my aunt only thinks about her and His Highness King Jing, and has never thought about the entire Xie family." Although my aunt is the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, her heart and wisdom are not as good as those of the concubine.
"Your grandparents spoiled her rotten." The Duke of Zhen once said to Lao Zhen Guo Gong and others, don't spoil your little sister too much, otherwise she will be spoiled. However, Lao Zhen Guo Gong and others think that their daughter's family is It should be pampered. "The biggest shortcoming of your sister-in-law is that she is self-righteous, which is far worse than your eldest aunt."
"Dad, what will you do if your aunt doesn't listen to you?"
Duke Zhenguo narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
"I am responsible for the entire Xie family, and I cannot destroy the Xie family because of her."
After hearing the words of Lord Zhen Guo, the prince understood his father's attitude.
"You have to remember that nothing and no one is as important as our Xie family." Zhen Guogong looked very serious and his tone was very stern, "We can't let the Xie family be destroyed in our hands, do you understand?"
The eldest son of Zhenguo Duke's Mansion felt his heart tremble, and a solemn look appeared on his face: "Understood!"
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